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HI,
I have dual 590gtx cards running across 3 1920x1200 screens. The problem being that when I use them both, its actually slower then using one
In single screen format the dual cards make short work of beating the single card, but across the triple screens using surround, then its ever so slightly worse. Playing defiance (yes yes, not the greatest game) over 3 screens leads to jerkiness that makes me have to play it on one monitor. This happens with 2 590's as well as a single, again its slightly better as a single. Its not a vram limit as it never goes above 1400mb, in defiance it's less then 900mb. I also play swtor (again not a great game, but all my friends play it, so it's more of a social thing) and the cards are much worse together in this than separate. I thought that maybe it was a PCIe issue, as with both cards in, the slots go down to 8x, but then it would affect the single screen as well, which it doesn't.
I was thinking of side-grading to a titan, but unsure how it would do across 3 screens, also I was looking at the AMD solutions and wondered if anyone out there has any experience with them across 3 screens.
Last option would be to just get a 30" 2560x1600 monitor instead of the 3 screens. I feel that this would likely be the best solution with regards to performance, but also the least desirable as I'd be losing some screen space.
Cost is relatively unimportant, though I defiantly will not be stretching to 2 titans, however 2 7970's or 2 680's would certainly be an option or maybe a 690 or possibly even a 7990.
My specs:
i7 2600k @ 4ghz
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3R
8 gigs of 667mhz
2 590gtx, though I only ever have one fitted
I have dual 590gtx cards running across 3 1920x1200 screens. The problem being that when I use them both, its actually slower then using one
In single screen format the dual cards make short work of beating the single card, but across the triple screens using surround, then its ever so slightly worse. Playing defiance (yes yes, not the greatest game) over 3 screens leads to jerkiness that makes me have to play it on one monitor. This happens with 2 590's as well as a single, again its slightly better as a single. Its not a vram limit as it never goes above 1400mb, in defiance it's less then 900mb. I also play swtor (again not a great game, but all my friends play it, so it's more of a social thing) and the cards are much worse together in this than separate. I thought that maybe it was a PCIe issue, as with both cards in, the slots go down to 8x, but then it would affect the single screen as well, which it doesn't.
I was thinking of side-grading to a titan, but unsure how it would do across 3 screens, also I was looking at the AMD solutions and wondered if anyone out there has any experience with them across 3 screens.
Last option would be to just get a 30" 2560x1600 monitor instead of the 3 screens. I feel that this would likely be the best solution with regards to performance, but also the least desirable as I'd be losing some screen space.
Cost is relatively unimportant, though I defiantly will not be stretching to 2 titans, however 2 7970's or 2 680's would certainly be an option or maybe a 690 or possibly even a 7990.
My specs:
i7 2600k @ 4ghz
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3R
8 gigs of 667mhz
2 590gtx, though I only ever have one fitted